Gary North's Miscellany continued

It happened on a flight to Costa Rica. I sat next to a Rothschild. I asked questions. He answered. It was the most informative flight I ever had.... keep reading

It amazes me that the financial press is incapable of reporting why the 5.25% FedFunds rate is significant. Doesn't anybody out there understand the business cycle?... keep reading

Occasionally, we read of something "above and beyond the call of duty," the criteron of the Medal of Honor. Here is such an example.... keep reading

According to Schiff's final post, he was given life imprisonment. This sounds extreme, but his age (78) and the length of the sentence (13 years!) could produce a life sentence. When I went to his blog site to verify this story, it was blank.... keep reading

We hear of "miracle cures." Here is one such suggested miracle cure. What is interesting is this: Before he died in 2002, the inventor published the schematics.... keep reading

I used to love Google Toolbar. Now I fear it. Don't let this happen to you.... keep reading

I resisted Firefox for two years. Internet Explorer 7 helped me make up my mind. Here is the story of a looming flop.... keep reading

Aaron Russo's movie has reappeared on Google at a different address. Who knows how long it will be up and running? Let's hope it will stay on-line. It might as well. Theater distribution will be minimal.... keep reading

Hollywood film producer Aaron Russo had a great idea: Expose the IRS and the Federal Reserve System. Then, step by step, he blew it.... keep reading

This movie is opening, city by city, across the United States. Here is a video version. This is not a "pirate" edition. What you see here will not cheer you up. See it anyway.... keep reading

One of my readers sent a letter on the earthquake. Public utilities failed. Cell phones failed. Lesson: We are highly dependent on infrastructure. This subscriber was better prepared than her neighbors.... keep reading

This is a basic negotiating technique. To ignore it is to walk away from available money. The longer you ignore it, the more money you will lose.... keep reading

Hardly anyone tracks SOMA. That's why they don't grasp what the Bernanke revolution is going to do the the stock market, the precious metals market, and the bond market.... keep reading

Beware the argument from manipulation. This is the universal argument trotted out by the advisors who failed to tell you a collapse of the market price was coming.... keep reading

This was a bad recommendation from a former central banker. It shows that the central banks can delay crises for a long, long time.... keep reading

This is another variation of Pareto's 20/80 law. This public opinion survey tells us what real people are doing -- not overweight paid celebrities, who have a financial incentive to lose a lot of weight.... keep reading